It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead… — Anthony Trollope
It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to prison diet and prison garments. But when silks and satins come of it, and with the silks and satins general respect, the net result of honesty does not seem to be so secure.
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